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Antxeta Irratia

Voix de femmen-Voice of Women in Europe-Emakumen ahotsak.

Youth in Action is the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union’s future.
Four organisations have developed a partnership called Voice of Women in Europe to facilitate access of young women to media. The partners are Antxeta Irratia, (Basque Country), Radio Oloron (France), West Dublin Access Radio WDAR (Ireland) and nearfm (Ireland) and we have chosen the Sub-Action 1.3. Youth Democracy Projects Youth, which support young people’s participation in the democratic life of their local, regional or national community, and at international level.

The Project involves two partners meetings, the first of which took place in Dublin on 30 January 2013 and a final evaluation meeting. There was national training plan, and sixteen women got involved in the QQI Level 3 on Media Expression training delivered by WDAR and NEARfm , and fifteen of them obtained their certification.

The training involved 30 hours training, and specific training on Audio Digital Editing, sound engineering, interviewing and research… and it took place in the Exchange Dublin, the Collective Art Centre in Temple Bar, Dublin, and in the studios of WDAR and nearfm.

There has also been a partnership training workshop, where four of the participant women by partners received training on a specific methodology used by the women organisation La Morada, in Santiago de Chile, to empower women and training them in the use of media.
Final evaluation of the project

West Dublin Access Radio:

In February 2013 West Dublin access Radio got together with Near FM and some young female participants of two radio stations, one from the Basque country in France and the other from the Basque country in Spain. The initial meeting took place in Dublin where it was decided how, when and where the training would take place. Originally West Dublin started out with five young women but after putting out a call to women between the ages of sixteen to thirty interested in availing of training in ‘Express yourself through Media’ a course specifically aimed at empowering young women using media as the tool with which to do so, the final number was 17 young women. The training took place over ten weeks, three hours a week, one evening a week, thirty hours in total. The training was located in the West Dublin. . The participants ranged in age youngest being sixteen, oldest being thirty.
The 17 young women who completed this course, are now equipped with the skills and knowledge required to make women’s radio programmes. They all hold national QQI qualifications in Media Expression, as part of the course they have all made women’s radio programme broadcast on West Dublin Access Radio 96FM. Countless women activists and women’s groups/associations will now be actively promoted on air throughout West Dublin The highlights of this project included the diversity of women involved, and women’s experiences shared.The strong and varied selection of programming produced independently by participants (e.g. The Abortion Debate, Female Comedy, Women in Sport, Racism &Bullying), Also as a result of this training West Dublin has a weekly programme ‘Female Intuition ‘ which has a presenting team of around 17 female presenters ,who present the show at different times covering a wide range of topics affecting women today. This programme is one hour long and is also repeated one day a week and is currently on going. Its popularity has grown with an increasing number of women looking to get involved.
The youth in action training, training given by West Dublin and the training we attended in San Sebastian given by Maria Pia Matte (chairperson of AMARC worldwide), has been hugely successful and beneficial to both the women who took part in it and the station. It has been instrumental in educating these young women in the power of women in media, in politics, in education, in employment, giving them a voice and a tool with which to have their voices heard. It has given them confidence in their own abilities .It has helped them to gain the knowledge and the skills empowering them in both their professional and personal lives. It has been a pleasure for the station to watch these women grow and develop helping them to enrich their lives and the life the station making quality programmes relative to the station and the community it serves. The training has been a huge success to all concerned; however training such as this should be on going as the need to educate and empower is ever demanding. The way forward is to take this training to the next level and assess how best we can do that.
En febrero de 2013 los quatro estaciones de radio, West Dublin Access Radio (WDAR) y Near FM de Dublín y dos del País Vasco (una de cada lado de la frontera entre Francia y España) se reunieron en Dublín con la idea de crear un proyecto colectivo. Este proyecto incluyó un curso de capacitación en nuestras propias comunidades, abierto a las mujeres entre las edades de dieciséis y treinta años, que se llama “Expresarse con la media.” En total, diecisiete participantes de Dublín se reunieron por treinta horas, sobre diez semanas, en los estudios de WDAR. Allí las mujeres aprendieron utilizar el equipo y acceder y usar la media como herramienta de apoderamiento femenino.
Desde completar el curso, las diecisiete mujeres tienen las habilidades de hacer programas de radio. Todas tienen certificaciones nacionales de Calidad y Cualificación Irlanda, el consejo de administración de educación y capacitación. Un gran parte del successo del este curso era la diversidad de las mujeres y las experiencias y distintas perspectivas que compartieron. Todas contribuyeron documentales de radio sobre varios asuntos de mujer que transmitieron por WDAR. Ejemplos incluye, ‘El debate del aborto,’ ‘Cómicas,’ ‘Mujeres de deporte,’ y ‘Racismo y acoso.’ Muchas de las participantes también continúan participar en la producción semanal de una programa que se llama ‘Intuición femenina.’ Ahora, gracias a la capacitación y el trabajo de las participantes, incontables grupos y activistas de mujer son promocionados activamente através de Dublín de oeste.
Despues del curso de capacitación en Dublín y la capacitación ‘juventud en acción,’ West Dublin Access Radio con Near FM se viajaron hasta San Sebastián, para reunirse de nuevo con las dos estaciones bascos. Allí asistieron un curso colectivo presentado por Maria Pia Matte, la moderadora de AMARC mundial. La experiencia completa ha sido un gran suceso y era beneficioso a la estación tanto como a las participantes. Ha sido instrumental en educar estes mujeres jóvenes en el poder de mujeres en la media, la política, la educación, y la vida pública. Dió a ellas la confidencia y las herramientas para tener sus voces escuchadas. Ellas han ganado habilidades que se beneficiarán en sus vidas profesionales y personales. Entrenamiento como esto debe continuar y nuestro propio paso es evaluar y decidir cómo expandir en este successo por la comunidad de Dublín del oeste.